diff --git a/package/libwpe/libwpe.hash b/package/libwpe/libwpe.hash
index 554b1f2b0e..2a2ee3c2e9 100644
--- a/package/libwpe/libwpe.hash
+++ b/package/libwpe/libwpe.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# From https://wpewebkit.org/releases/libwpe-1.14.2.tar.xz.sums
-sha1  70a2b894af2b50d7082260158a89524974a480f3  libwpe-1.14.2.tar.xz
-sha256  8ae38022c50cb340c96fdbee1217f1e46ab57fbc1c8ba98142565abbedbe22ef  libwpe-1.14.2.tar.xz
+# From https://wpewebkit.org/releases/libwpe-1.16.0.tar.xz.sums
+md5  9779115aaa7e67abe642777394e7bfa2  libwpe-1.16.0.tar.xz
+sha1  ea574e09b5d47461a5579a24006488419474d136  libwpe-1.16.0.tar.xz
+sha256  c7f3a3c6b3d006790d486dc7cceda2b6d2e329de07f33bc47dfc53f00f334b2a  libwpe-1.16.0.tar.xz
 
 # Hashes for license files:
 sha256  35bef295cedbbf179eaee14328002587a0e7dc08ebf3f15ea080a6f2815f0d7b  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libwpe/libwpe.mk b/package/libwpe/libwpe.mk
index 1fbdd5fcc3..de49cedfb4 100644
--- a/package/libwpe/libwpe.mk
+++ b/package/libwpe/libwpe.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 # The middle number is even for stable releases, odd for development ones.
-LIBWPE_VERSION = 1.14.2
+LIBWPE_VERSION = 1.16.0
 LIBWPE_SITE = https://wpewebkit.org/releases
 LIBWPE_SOURCE = libwpe-$(LIBWPE_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBWPE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES